All attendees must have government-issued photo I.D. to show at the Security Gate. Your guest must be with you at the Security Gate and check-in or they will not get in.

IMPORTANT:

Check-in begins 30 minutes prior to the event. No entry after the screening begins.

Seating is very limited. If you find you are unable to attend, you must cancel your reservation.

Once capacity is met, you will be placed on a wait list and informed of availability on the day of the event.

This invitation is for current SCL & SOCAN Members plus one guest who will stay for BOTH the screening and Q&A. Seating is first-come, first-served.

Please allow extra time for traffic, security, and check-in.

Your guest must be with you at check-in, no saving seats.

THIS INVITATION IS NON-TRANSFERABLE.

Screenings are overbooked due to no-shows.

Synopses

Nova & PBS' Great Human Odyssey - Darren Fung
Our ancient human ancestors once lived only in Africa, in tiny bands of a few thousand hunter-gatherers. Then we moved out of our African cradle, spreading rapidly to every corner of the planet. How did we acquire the skills, technology and talent to thrive in every environment on earth? How did our prehistoric forebears cross the Sahara on foot, survive frigid ice ages, and sail to remote Pacific islands? “Great Human Odyssey” is a spectacular global journey following their footsteps out of Africa along a trail of fresh scientific clues. With unique glimpses of today’s Kalahari hunters, Siberian reindeer herders, and Polynesian navigators, we discover amazing skills that hint at how our ancestors survived and prospered long ago.

TNT's Animal Kingdom - Alexis Marsh
The series centers on 17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody, who moves in with his freewheeling relatives in their Southern California beach town after his mother dies of a heroin overdose. Headed by boot-tough matriarch Janine "Smurf" Cody and her right-hand Baz, who runs the business and calls the shots, the clan also consists of Pope, the oldest and most dangerous of the Cody boys; Craig, the tough and fearless middle son; and Deran, the troubled, suspicious "baby" of the family.

Netflix's Anne with an E - Amin Bhatia & Ari Posner
The adventures of a young orphaned girl living in the late 19th century. Follow Anne as she learns to navigate her new life on Prince Edward Island, in this new take on L.M. Montgomery's classic novels.

DirecTV's Rogue - Jeff Toyne
Grace, a morally and emotionally-conflicted undercover detective, is tormented by the possibility that her own actions contributed to her son's mysterious death. In her quest for the truth, Grace finds herself striking out on her own and falling deeper into the city's most powerful and dangerous crime family. As Grace struggles to become the wife and mother her family now needs, her life is further complicated by a forbidden relationship with crime boss Jimmy Laszlo. In order to stay alive, Grace needs to help Jimmy find the traitor in his midst, while knowing he may have played a part in her tragedy.

Amin Bhatia & Ari Posner

With nearly 50 scores to his credit, composer Amin Bhatia has written music for film, television and album projects for over 30 years. Similarly, composer Ari Posner is a fixture in Canadian film and television, with a large roster of credits. The Emmy nominated composing duo has uplifted countless projects with their diverse range and musical acumen.

Following a busy and productive schedule, Amin and Ari recently wrapped the highly rated series Anne with an E (Netflix/CBC). The frequent collaborators also underscored the multi award-winning WWII espionage TV series X Company (Temple Street/CBC), for which they garnered 2 Canadian Screen Award Best Music nominations; Blood and Fury: America’s Civil War (America History Channel); and crime drama Flashpoint (CTV/CBS/Ion), the score and theme for which brought the series composers several Gemini nominations, SOCAN Awards, and their first Canadian Screen Award for Best Music. Amin’s most recent projects also include Wonders of the Arctic (IMAX), a surround sound multi-media release of the 25th Anniversary of The Interstellar Suite, scoring the upcoming film Blood Honey, and additional music in The Handmaid's Tale. The duo has amassed a wide array of accolades for their celebrated musical contributions.

Amin's prizes in the Roland International Synthesizer competitions won him international fame in his youth, leading to projects with David Foster and Steve Porcaro. His solo albums Interstellar Suite and Virtuality have garnered rave reviews for their neo-classical style and huge dynamic range.

Originally from Winnipeg, Ari is a proud alumnus of York University’s Fine Arts Program where he studied composition and improvisation.

Amin & Ari currently work & reside in Toronto.

Darren Fung

Darren Fung is one of Canada’s most successful film and TV composers, thrice nominated for a Canadian Screen Award, and has over 100 composition credits to his name, Most recently, he scored the The Great Human Odyssey for NOVA and PBS, a mini-series that explores the roots of human kind. The project opened to widespread critical acclaim in Canada, winning the 2016 Canadian Screen Award for Best Music and receiving a nomination from the IFMCA. Darren utilizes an epic, large-scale orchestra and choir to bring this special’s score to life, replete with memorable melodies and unique musical colors. The Great Human Odyssey premiered in the U.S. this past fall to widespread acclaim.

His diverse credits include a recreation of Canada's second national anthem (the beloved Hockey Theme) for CTV and TSN and the theme music for CTV’s flagship morning news show Canada AM. Darren’s feature and short film scores have been heard at prestigious film festivals around the world, including Toronto, Cannes, and Sundance.
In addition to composing full time, Darren currently serves as the Second Vice President of the Screen Composers Guild of Canada, and acts as a Program Advisor for the Canadian Film Centre's Slaight Music Residency.

When not composing, Darren stays up way too late playing hockey, and wakes up way too early rowing with Los Angeles Rowing Club. He’s pleased to report that he is rather terrible at both.

Alexis Marsh

Alexis Marsh is one half of Alexis & Sam, a composing duo (with Samuel Jones) whose score work focuses on recording out of a home studio in Silver Lake, Los Angeles. They have written and produced scores for films that have premiered at Sundance (Meera Menon's Equity, Charles Stone's Lila & Eve), Tribeca (Christopher Denham's Preservation, Meera Menon's Farah Goes Bang), SXSW (Jocelyn Towne & Simon Helberg's We'll Never Have Paris), and are currently working on the second season of John Wells' & Jonathan Lisco's Animal Kingdom on TNT.

Jeff Toyne

Jeff Toyne is a Canadian composer who is currently scoring DirecTV’s third season of Rogue.

In his music, Toyne blends orchestral virtuosity with cutting-edge music technology, creating a unique voice for each project. His feature film credits include Damaged (2014), Abel’s Field (2013), Twist of Faith (2013), The Privileged (2013), and Dirty Girl (2011).

Equally at home in television, Toyne scored several features for Lifetime including Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story (2011), winner of the Canadian Screen Award for Best TV Movie, nominated for Best Score and winner of the MPSE Golden Reel Award. Additionally, Toyne has scored The Devil You Know (Investigation Discovery, 2010-2013).

The recipient of numerous awards and distinctions, Toyne was named one of Playback Magazine’s “Ten to Watch” in 2011. He has been commissioned by organizations such as the Canadian Armed Forces, for which he composed “Splendor Sine Occasu”, the Official March of the British Columbia Brigade. Toyne is an alumnus of the Sundance Composers Lab.

THE SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS & LYRICISTS (SCL) is the non-profit premier organization for professional film, television, video game, and musical theater composers and lyricists, and those working in our industry such as orchestrators, arrangers, music supervisors, music agents, music attorneys, music editors, copyists, recording engineers, and related jobs, with a distinguished 70-year history in the fine art of creating music for visual media. Current SCL Members include the top creative professionals whose experience and expertise is focused on many of the creative, technological, legal, newsworthy and pressing issues of the film music, television music, game music, and musical theatre industry today.